It sounds like Google will have a big week. From PaidContent.com comes news that Google might release their IM client this Wednesday and along with that PaidContent.com says that the new Google Desktop beta approaches mini-OS functionality (wow - check the hype) with widgets for weather, stocks, news and more. To me this looks like like their Yahoo! Widgets competitor. As with Yahoo! Widgets, it comes with an API to build your own plug-ins. Among the included ones is "Webclips" - a RSS/Atom reader. Related: USAToday article. Looks like there is some predictive personalization going on. I gotta check this out.
In semi-related news Kottke slams Technorati and sings the praises of IceRocket. I've seen this said in a few corners of the web these past few weeks. A few notable reactions: Dare Obasanjo, Kevin Burton. What's going on here? I wouldn't count Technorati out.
In semi-semi-related old news Feedster released their "top blogs" list The Feedster 500. And on it are a few friends of mine. Very cool.
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